2008 MLB All-Star Game Thread

Not more than Jonathan Papelbon!

 

He struck out twice tonight because you don't believe in him, KY. I hope you're happy.

 

OK, someone explain this to me. Somebody (Shotty?) brought this up in the thread earlier tonight, and Murray Chass brought it up in his initial not a BLOG! entry on his site, too:

At first glance, I can accept that. But when I think about it ...

Go back to last year's postseason. On the morning of Oct. 21, three days before the World Series was scheduled to begin ... no one knew whether the World Series would begin in Boston or Cleveland. Game 7 had yet to be played.

So, the typical reasoning for why home-field can't be determined by the team with the best record is that the logistics don't work for airline/hotel scheduling when nobody knows where Game 1 is going to be played. Right?

Even still ... by the start of the ALCS this fall, we can narrow it down to one or two cities. But we still don't KNOW which one it will be, until the games are actually played. Can't make all your hotel reservations for Cleveland, if the Series ends up starting in Boston, right?

So, what gives? Other than the fact that Fox and MLB want "This Game to Count", which is obvious?

The logic doesn't make sense to me now.

 

And why can it work in the NBA and NHL, but not in MLB?

 

Is there such a thing as a SportsJournalists.com Media Guide?

If so, can someone look up "46 pages for a single game in less than 18 hours?"

I'm thinking some type of record was broken tonight.

 

We could get to 47 with one more post.

 

And I suppose someone oughta do it.

 

From my seats it looked like Mays dissed Hamilton - It seemed like he turned away on purpose. Willie has turned into a bitter old man.

Having George show up in gofl cart was bad idea. They were going for the Ted Williams moment and it just did not work. I think the fans and players were stunned at his condition since very few have seen him.

 

That's really how that looked to me too. Which, if true, is really petty and sad.

 

Mays didn't even acknowledge the crowd when introduced, at least not on camera. That's a big no-no, unless he's got dementia, which someone mentioned here awhile back.

Steinbrenner's entrance was uncomfortable, until Whitey Ford gave him a kiss. That got me.

 

I don't buy the dementia thing. He found his way to Yankee Stadium. Willie is just a bitter old man for no good reason.